Shep and Koda loved the snow; check out Jillian in the background tasting the snow, AGAIN!!!

Jillian gets pelted with a snowball from Big Brother Addison. Don't worry, he wasn't too rough.

Jan. snow in TN with the kiddos & the dogs

January Snow in TN

Madelyn's making a snowball... look out!

Be careful, this snowball could be for YOU!

Too stinkin' cute!

Jillian tasting the snow!

The peace before the snowball fight!

Jilly tasting snow, again!

Little Jilly Bean with her broken arm - Oct. 2008

She could still suck her thumb!

More pics of me and Charles!

New hair for Kristy!

The Tennessee Valley Railroad

On our Fall Break to Chattanooga, we took a 45 minute ride on a vintage train. So fun!!!

Chattanooga Fall Break 2008

More cool stuff we saw at the Tennessee Aquarium!!! I left this place so in awe of our amazing Creator!!! How awesome is the Lord, Most High!!!
Hello Bruce! Fish are our friends, not food!

Not sure why they have a butterfly room at the "Aquarium," but it was cool. Above is an Owl's Eye Butterfly.

Not sure what this alligator is doing... maybe he thinks the turtle is a rock! Or maybe he's waiting for one false move?!

Fun outside the Aquarium at River Walk...

We took the kids about 2 hours from here to Chattanooga, TN for an over night trip. We had a blast! We went to the Aquarium, saw an IMAX movie about Dolphins and Whales, and rode the Tennessee Valley Railroad! There were only 2 meltdowns from the kids, Addison the first day and Madelyn the second. At least they spaced it out and took turns. :)



Look, there's Dory on the left and Nemo on the right!
I'd sure hate to run into the turtle that belonged to this shell!
Ewwww! Touching little sharks and stingrays! So gross and cool at the same time!

The Penguins were totally awesome!

Can I take one home, PLEASE Mommy!!!???
He was wispering something in Addison's ear, maybe his escape plans!

Pics of me and Charles!

I was looking at our family blog and realized there are no pics of me and my hubby! So I found one fairly recent one. I will have to make sure we get in the photos more often! I'll add more later.

A Day at Smyrna Water Park

We took our neighbors, Brittany (blue suit) and Mary (pink suit) to the Water Park for the day. What fun!

The girls, and some cute little girl in a bikini who wanted to be in the picture. Oh well.











Jilly won't get in the water, but Mary waits patiently behind her.

Addison gets a face full of water!

Jilly finally gets wet!
Mary & Jilly Bean -- two peas in a pod!

Madelyn & Brittany strike a pose! What cuties!

Mary, Jilly & Addison run the gauntlet!